Globally, اليف (Alev 
, اليف 
, Ellef 
) is a common feminine first name. The first name اليف is habitual in Turkey, where it is quite a common girly name, Bulgaria, where it is a rare gender-neutral name, and Greece, where it is a rare female name. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in Turkey, Germany, and Algeria. Much less frequently, اليف is the last name as well as the forename.